# The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 8


(1) In this Schedule—
“LCWRA element” has the meaning in the Universal Credit Regulations;
“the higher SDP rate” is the rate specified in paragraph 11(2)(b)(ii) of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 or, as the case may be, the corresponding rate of a severe disability premium in relation to income support or income-based jobseeker’s allowance.
(2) In paragraph 5(b)(i) the reference to a person being a carer for another person is to the person being entitled to, and in receipt of, a carer’s allowance or carer support payment or having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element in respect of caring for that other person.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2) “carer support payment” means the carer support payment component of carer support given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/226/schedule/2/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-8
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